Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Satan And Demons: Exposing Satan

Every believer must know their enemy, his ways and the power they have beengiven through Jesus our Lord. Satan is a master manipulator. Ever since the beginning of time he has sought to decieve and manipulate people into believe
his lies. A believer who realises who his enemy is then can be well
equipped to stand the attacks. A believer who does not know who his
enemy is is at a disadvantage in an attack.

To
understand the truth of the enemy one must go back to the very
beginning. To the garden of Eden. You know the story of Adam and Eve.
This story is crucial for you to understand the truth about your enemy.In
the garden at the beginning of time we understand that God made man and
woman and placed them there in the garden to live life in his presence
and glory in the things he made for them. Man and woman were at peace
with God and God walked with them and gave them all they needed and
wanted. They worked not, nor did they toil for a living. They were in
serene bliss with no fear of God whatsoever and no desires of sin or
evil of any kind. They were Gods creation made for him and worshiped him
accordingly. They knew not evil but only good.

Now
we all know about the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And we all
know how the serpent (satan took on this form) was in the garden also.
And we know God told them NOT to eat of this tree or they would
die....That is all he said in genesis. He didn't elaborate nor did he
argue he simply stated “if you eat of that tree you shall die” Now
the serpent who is satan tricked Eve into eating the forbidden fruit by
LYING. He said “you shall not die, God knows that you will be like him
knowing both good and evil” Which of corse is a LIE. So they disobeyed
God and what God said HAPPENED. They ate of the tree therefore they
died. Sin unto death entered the world from that moment.It
must be noted that ONE disobediance was all it took for death to enter
the world. God didn't reverse it nor change it for by his own words he
said simply “if you eat of this you shall die” and as they disobeyed
they did die some years later at old age for death entered the world. God
at that time also promised the saviour he had planned from the
foundations of the world through Jesus Christ the lamb of God who came
in the far future to atone for all the sins of man thereby crushing the
head of satan and rendering him defeated forever. “for you will bruise
his heel but he will crush your head” said God of the future to satan. Satan
and his demons have had a long time of working with people to
understand how to manipulate people. But since his head is crushed
through the death of Jesus on the cross, he is now rendered powerless
against God's people and can no longer hold them captive to sins. If
you do not know your enemy, you can be open for him to gain a foothold
in your life if you do not realise that his head is crushed and he is
rendered powerless by Jesus Christ. Because YOU have the power over him
in the name of Jesus Christ for YOU have been bought at a price and are
now clensed and spirit filled through your faith in Jesus the Messiah
wherein lies the victory. In the world you belonged to satan, but when
you came to believe the truth and repented and came to the Lord in joy
your slavery and curse of sin was broken over you and satan lost his
rights over you for your sins were washed away and the spirit of God
entered you as his abode. Now
you have entered a new relationship with Jesus and the truth and have
the hope and joy of salvation you are now a TARGET of satan. He is mad
and wants you back. It must be noted here that satan hates God with all
his being. Since YOU are made in Gods image and God loves YOU so much
that he allowed a way for you to be saved even though you followed many
paths of satan, SATAN HATES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO TURN FROM GOD SO HE CAN
MOCK GOD FURTHER AND TAKE YOU WITH HIM INTO HELL. To
understand that satan hates God with ALL his being is crucial to
understanding and knowing your enemy. The sooner you can understand this
the sooner you can stand firm and fight the enemy and win. The
bible shows us that Satan was thrown out of heaven due to PRIDE as he
wanted to exalt himself above God. Then he was cast out of heaven and
not allowed back. As a result he is walking around like a roaring lion
looking for whom he may devour. So
we can see that ONE SIN was not excusable either for satan or for man.
And God punished ALL sin. God also said in the scriptures “you must be
holy for I the Lord your God am Holy” We also know from the scriptures
that Satan is the father of all lies and sin. We know that we all
belonged to satan for we all followed his paths of sin in our lives
since we were conceived and born in sin. We also know that now, since we
are freed by the blood of Jesus, we are of our father GOD who gives us
the righteousness within to complete every good work praise God!

So
dear brethren we can see that not ONE sin is acceptable to God nor will
be excused except there be repentance and turning away from sin through
faith in Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember that Satan's goal is to get you to SIN ONCE. For once you sin Jesus said you become a slave to sin.

“he who sins is a slave to sin,but he who the son of man sets free shall be free indeed” John 8:36

And
if you are a slave you are no longer free but under the power of your
master, satan. ONE SIN allows a foothold into your life for satan.
Remember he is a master manipulator and liar and he knows what areas you
are weak in. A demon of lust spirit has ONE goal and this work he is
assigned to is to GET YOU TO LUST. A demon of rage has ONE goal and work
and this is to GET YOU ANGRY. Another pride, vanity, false witness, and
so on. The goal is to get you to sin ONCE.

Why
once? We must remember that we used to sin all the time when we didn't
know the love of Jesus. But we who are bought of the blood of Jesus have
ceased our works of sin because we repented and were filled with the
Spirit of God and our past sins were washed away. We became slaves to
righteousness not sin anymore. We were freed and satan was no longer our
father but GOD became our real father praise God!

So
since we are no longer slaves to sin, Satan can no longer control us
and bring us to hell in our sins. He has NO power for remember his head
was crushed by Jesus' death on the cross and ressurection to life. The
keys of death and hades were taken away from satan.

SO
SATAN NEEDS TO GET YOU BACK UNDER HIS CONTROL AND THE ONLY WAY HE CAN
DO THIS IS IF YOU GIVE UP YOUR FREEDOM IN CHRIST FOR SLAVERY TO SIN.

Satan
and his demons know you have the power to bind them and live in victory
over all sin while you are on this earth. So he being the master
manipulator he is going to try to DECIEVE you or LIE to you like he did
Eve (over whom he had no power).

Now
we must remember that it is ONE SIN that causes us to fall into slavery
to sin and death (remember the garden of eden and satan's one sin of
pride causes both his fall and man) And the way he does this is through
your FLESH.

The
flesh has several doors through which satan uses. The eyes (looks good)
the ears (sounds good) touch (feels good) and through desires of your
soul and heart. In order to get through your defence of faith, he first
has to know about your weaknesses to certain sins. We were all born and
concieved into sin from Adam, and we are all born with various
weaknesses and desires varying between each person. What is tempting to
one person will not tempt another. Just because you are weak in the area
of pride and not theft doesn't mean you can say you are better than a
person who has a problem with temptation to steal. This person may not
be tempted with pride because naturly he isnt weak in that area. Not all
people are proud, as not all people are thieves. But satan doesnt care
what the temptation is for its ALL SIN and his goal is to get you to sin
and fall from grace back into his power. We must remember that the
scriptures tell us that no liars, homosexuals, sexual immoral people,
adulterers, fornicators, effeminate, thieves, murderers, lovers of
themselves rather lovers of God, filthy or perverse individuals will
ever enter the kingdom of heaven rather these will be cast into the lake
of fire along with Satan and his angels.

It
is God who will allow you to be tempted and tested by Satan thus
purifying you in the fire like fine gold. Like in the book of Job we see
that God allowed satan to do many things to him for a time. But it is
always the person who rejects the temptations of satan and stay in their
faith with God who proves their faith before God. Jesus himself was
tempted by Satan for a time in the wilderness through sight, feelings,
hearing and the flesh. He was shown many things by satan in an attempt
to get him to SIN ONCE, to disobey God ONCE. But Jesus stood firm and in
a time Satan left him till a later time. Jesus was tempted with power,
authority, and rulership of the kingdoms of earth satan owned.

For
the believer in Christ you will not escape temptation from satan. Your
weaknesses will be the target and satan will set up situations for you
to be tempted to sin. Satan also speaks and like he spoke to Jesus, and
to Eve, with lies and deception so he will speak to you also though you
may not be aware it is him. He will plant thoughts and words into your
mind lying to you that the sin he tempts you with is ok to do and not
sin. With many clever words he will use these ways and other people to
try and influence your belief system in such a way that you change your
knowledge of the truth into believing a lie. The lie will be an
allowance to follow the wants and desires to sin that were born within
you. It all comes down to the bottom line that ONE SIN is all Satan
needs to gain power over you once more.

It
is by the grace of God that he gives you time to repent and reenter his
grace and victory through Jesus and he strives with your spirit to
bring you back to repentance but it must be understood that God does not
strive with man forever and there will come a time of your appointed
death where what you sowed in your life is what you will reap.

In
this life your enemy is satan and the desires to sin that are born
within you. By understanding that Jesus crushed satan powerless and
freed you from slavery to sin you now have all power and victory in the
name of Jesus over satan. You will always have victory over this foe
even in the deepest of temptations. Jesus didnt escape temptation from
satan and you sure will not escape either. So next time you are being
conditioned to believe a lie and accept sin, STAND FIRM in the name of
Jesus and above all else Stand.

But
if you are overcome and yeild to satan and sin, you give yourself into
his power and enter slavery to sin once more. Just ONE sin is what satan
needs to get you to do. In this state your only hope is to call upon
the name of Jesus and repent and turn back to him for the washing clean
of your dirtied soul.

It
is of importance to note that a person cannot on his own power save
himself from slavery to sin and satan, for the only way is through
calling upon Jesus through whom the victory over sin and death was won.
Once set free a believer must choose against the devil and the flesh in
order to stay in victory with Christ. The one who does not stay with
Jesus but goes back to the paths of evil, has walked away from his hope
and salvation and has chosen bondage to his new father, satan. These
people will be cast into the lake of fire along with Satan in the last
day.

Pray: In the power of the blood of Jesus I shall go forth and rebuke all sin, temptation, and satan this day.